Goodbye, my sweet Apache

howardj

howardj

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I'm sorry for you loss :crying:
I've noticed that people get more attached to seahorses than any other marine life, sorry again :(
 
rykna

rykna

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Oh Lisa
I'm so sorry for you loss. His picture on SWF needs no words, because it shows all the love and care that you gave to him.
 
nybutterfly03

nybutterfly03

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Oh Lisa ((((HUGS
)) I dunno why it is putting a smile in here grrrr
I am so sorry for your loss

I lost my Grace a week ago, I am right there with you.
Again I am so very sorry
 
monalisa

monalisa

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Originally Posted by TeresaQ
sorry to hear that. Was it his pouch.
TeresaQ
Thank you all...Apache was just such a magnificent little horse, and I loved him!!
Theresa, yes, his death was due to pouch emphysema which was recurrent. He was able to bear 1 brood of babies, but after that everytime he and Navajo mated, his pouch filled with air and nothing else. He would swim upside down because of loss of bouyancy, and he wasn't able to hitch during those times. I was able to evacuate his pouch for him when I thought the time was right, and he would be fine for a few days. Unfortunately (or fortunately...depending on how you see it), after he was fine and comfortable for a couple of days, he and Navajo would mate again...it was really a vicious cycle that he wasn't able to snap out of this time...stress and exhaustion, I suppose.
I miss him terribly...
Lisa
 
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